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As America’s posture continues to shift to keep up with current changes in the world. Leaders from all levels and their Soldiers must be prepared to respond to the call at a moment’s notice.
Each brigade commander and command sergeant major is responsible for advising Brig. Gen. Deborah Kotulich, commanding general, 143rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) and her staff on their units’ readiness posture and key inhibitors that may prevent them from achieving their objectives for future exercises and missions.
“It’s a contract between me and the commanding general as a brigade commander and our battalion commanders on what we are going to train for throughout the years,” said Col. Justin Swanson, commander, 518th Sustainment Brigade located in Knightdale, North Carolina.
The 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Mission command is a training program that provides leaders with the opportunity to place emphasis on developing their units’ warfighting functions and readiness.
“It helps the battalions to understand where they really sit verses where they think they are,” said Command Sgt. Major Gerald Knight, command sergeant major of the 641st Regional Support Group, located in in St. Petersburg, Fla.
As the largest expeditionary sustainment command in the U.S. Army Reserve, 143rd leadership must be ready and prepared to move into a more dynamic operational environment.
In a recent memorandum published by U.S. Army Reserve Commanding General, Lt. Gen. Charles Luckey said, “As the most battle-tested reserve force in our Nation’s history, we must now shift our focus, drive our cultural ethos, and develop our capabilities to meet the imperatives of a threat environment.”
In order to be prepared, leadership must first understand the requirements from leadership, this assists commanders with developing training for Soldiers as it applies to their mission.
“We have a comprehensive readiness operation orders that encompass everything from physical training, medical, dental and even personal readiness. This is used as an overall guide to leadership to the platoon level”, said Swanson.
Readiness has been a hot topic as the military continues to groom and gear its Soldiers into an operational mindset. Last October, during the Association of the U.S. Army’s 61st Annual Meeting, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley made his priorities perfectly clear, “Readiness for combat is our number 1 priority, and there is no other number 1.”
| Date Taken: | 02.28.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 03.08.2017 13:45 |
| Story ID: | 226169 |
| Location: | ORLANDO, FL, US |
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